Table 3.

The levels of insulin, glucose, adiponectin, leptin, free fatty acids, triglycerides, cholesterol, food consumption and body weights in growth hormone receptor/binding protein knockout (GHRKO) and normal mice subjected to visceral fat removal or sham surgeries (n=8–10). Means ± SEM.

	N-Sham	N-VFR	GHRKO-Sham	GHRKO-VFR
Body Weight (g)	29.5±0.09^a	26.9±1.2^a	16.9±1.5^a	17.7±1.4^a
Insulin (ng/ml)	1.278±0.3^a	0.578±0.167^b	0.395±0.112^b	0.230±0.071^b
Glucose (mg/dl)	116±12^a,^b	101±3.9^a	95±6.1^a	132±13^b
Adiponectin (mg/ml)	3693±307.6^a	3614±306.5^a	6258±344^b	4306±372^a
Leptin (mg/ml)	2.078±0.42^a	2.287±0.72^a	2.38±0.64^a	8.225±2.21^b
FFA (mM)	0.014±0.003^a	0.014±0.004^a	0.03±0.01^a	0.02±0.004^a
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	52.2±5.2^a	47.3±7.1^a	38.78±4.3^a	20.5±6.2^a
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	61.78±3.3^a	59.2±5.5^a	35.16±3.9^b	44.27±3.3^b
Food Consumption (gram/gram of body weight)	0.15±0.07^a	0.12±0.05^a	0.12±0.07^a	0.12±0.06^a

^a,b,c

values that do not share the same letter in the superscript are statistically significantly different (P<0.05).